snatched a sort-of victory from the jaws of defeat tonite.
So yesterday was my "off" day.
I was in the mood to exercise and felt full of energy but that would have been my 4th day exercising in a row and for someone bouncing back
and being middle aged a risky combination.
So I controlled myself and did not exercise yesterday.
But today I come in a bit late form work and was real tired.
I had planned to either do a ruck march or a run or a leg/core workout.
All of which important workouts and all of which what I call "high energy of activation".
I had also eaten a bit much after i came home from work.
On top of that a heavy thunderstorm turned my running/rucking route in a mud fest.. and I could not find the loose short I need for squats.
I was teetering on the brink of just skipping it for many minutes.
But then I though about the difficulty of getting in 4+ workouts in a week if I skipped today.
It would make it impossible to do the right number of exercises since I still needed an off day even if i wanted to exercise every remaining day of the week.
So I did go.
But did a "fun" workout instead at the gym, not what would have been "the plan" but at least it was a workout and as such infinitely better than no exercise.
- 3 sets overhead lat pulls
- 2 sets standing military overhead press
- 2 sets bent over rows
(here is where i forgot to do my bench press but I made up for it later)
- 2 sets of lateral raises
- 2 sets of frontal raises
- 3 sets of shoulder shrugs
- 2 sets of back extensions (these are not fun but very good for mobility in terrain under load so they were a worthy sub for benchpress)
) in the evening hours.
